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Belair, Stables, Belair Drive at East end of Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie,...

Significance: This U-shaped, sandstone stable was built in 1907 for James T. Woodward, then owner of Belair Mansion (ca. 1745). The elaborate stable building reflects Belair's long and distinguished associatio... More

"A nip and tuck" race - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4868

Caleb Pusey House, 15 Race Street (Landingford Plantation), Upland, De...

Significance: Considered the earliest surviving English-built house in Pennsylvania, the Caleb Pusey House was built in the vernacular tradition of 16th and early 17th c. English models. It is also the only hom... More

Caleb Pusey House, 15 Race Street (Landingford Plantation), Upland, De...

Significance: Considered the earliest surviving English-built house in Pennsylvania, the Caleb Pusey House was built in the vernacular tradition of 16th and early 17th c. English models. It is also the only hom... More

Bedouins in Jordan and other locations

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Pho... More

Bedouins in Jordan and other locations

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Pho... More

Bedouins in Jordan and other locations

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Pho... More

Bedouins in Jordan and other locations

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Pho... More

Bedouins in Jordan and other locations

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Pho... More

Bedouins in Jordan and other locations

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Pho... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...

Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More

Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...

Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More

Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...

Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Stree...

Significance: Although constructed almost thirty years after the ca. 1827 separation, the Race Street Friends Meeting House is a tangible reminder of the controversy caused by differing interpretations of Quake... More

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Stree...

Significance: Although constructed almost thirty years after the ca. 1827 separation, the Race Street Friends Meeting House is a tangible reminder of the controversy caused by differing interpretations of Quake... More

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Avenue, Montgom...

Significance: The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church is a nationally significant site for its association with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement. The church was formally established... More

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & May...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Constructed in the mid-eighteenth century, Fenwick Hall on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina is one of the preeminent eighteenth-century ... More

Ginger blue, a popular Negro melody, composed & sung by Mr. R.W. Pelha...

Music cover showing boy dancing in dilapidated room, with kettle in fireplace.

The Riots at New York--the rioters burning and sacking the colored orp...

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The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism

The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of ... More

Puck magazine cover - Unwelcome passengers / J.A. Wales.

Print shows a coach labeled "Rural Democracy" filled with "Rural Regulars" carrying their farm tools, racing "To the State Convention", driven by Samuel J. Tilden, with John Kelly representing "Tammany Hall" an... More

The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese origin...

A cartoon showing laborers, among whom are Irishmen, an African American, a Civil War veteran, Italian, Frenchman, and a Jew, building a wall against the Chinese. Congressional mortar is used to mount blocks of... More

Darktown fire brigade. The foreman on parade: "De gals all mire me so ...

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Horse race. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows spectators on left of track watching horses racing. Im. of Am., no. 276.

Gracie [and] Volunteer foul - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Katrina - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Lasca - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Valkyrie [II and] Vigilant, the start

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Shamrock [and] Columbia, before start

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William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

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Edward S. Curtis - Nez Percé man

Full-length portrait of a Nez Percé man, facing front. 71461 U.S. Copyright Office. LC no. 20. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Playmates. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

African American and white boys in circle around another boy. 9401 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.D. Cress.

William H. West's Big minstrel jubilee a majestic enterprise.

48674 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: William H. West, the progressive minstrel, sole proprietor, the richest and costliest minstrel organization in existence. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Lith.... More

Father Knick--will this do? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Father Knickerbocker with babies in arms addressing Theodore Roosevelt. "Race suicide a crime" and "126,000 new New Yorkers" on papers on floor. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Ca... More

[Big Man, half-length portrait, facing front holding decorated shield]

No. 1779. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fourth St., east from Race St., Cincinnati, Ohio

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On motor speedway - at grand stand

Idler and Hildegarde, America's Cup races

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Shamrock II and Columbia maneuvering for the start

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Columbia and Shamrock / F. A. Walter, 62 Schirmerhorn St., Brooklyn, N...

Photograph shows racing yachts Columbia and Shamrock during the America's Cup Race. H9272 U.S. Copyright Office. Blind stamp on photo: Copyrighted 1901 by F.A. Walter, Brooklyn, N. Y. No. 173.

[Yachts Constitution and Independence before the start]

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The home stretch, the Suburban, Panoramic Photograph

H19183 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; B. J. Falk; June 19, 1902.

H.S. Harkness in his Mercedes-Simplex, winning five-miles event in 6:1...

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Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels

G xxc 3982 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Guess I'll go down an give away a couple of libraries. Created and "copyright 1903 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 6543. F... More

[Reliance at the start] - Public domain image of a steam boat

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The Start, Reliance and Shamrock III, Aug. 20, 1903

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Edward S. Curtis - Navaho man, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Navaho man wrapped in blanket and wearing headband. LC no. 13. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Watching the boat races, Palm Beach, Fla.

People under palm trees lined along shore; Flagler Mansion in background. No. 09417. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Company.

Bay Shore Races, A.G. Vanderbilt in two-horse hack

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[Fishing smacks - "Jessie Costa" rounding buoy off Minot's Light]

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[Children in race crossing finish line]

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Kantner at Start - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows aviator Harold Dewolf Kantner (1886-1973), the winner of a race above the Hudson River, New York on July 4, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and New York Times, July 5, 1914)

Vanderbilt Race 1910 Miss Bird and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock

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Edward S. Curtis - Wishham (i.e., Wishram) girl

Tlakluit woman, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing a heavily beaded buckskin dress, several necklaces, beads, shells, dentalium-shell nose ornament and a headdress of beads and hollow-centered Chinese ... More

The white slave by Bartley Campbell.

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Automobile road race day, Imperial, Cal., Feb. 22, 1913

J179558 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; S. U. Bunnell; March 25, 1913. On verso: "Duplicate copies mailed on receipt of $2.00, S. U. Bunnell, 45 Stevenson Ave., Pasadena, Cal." No. 631.

Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915

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[American Indian Chief Two Guns White Calf & Baron Ago Von Maltzen]

Photograph shows Two Guns White Calf (1872-1934) who was Chief of Sihasapa (Blackfeet) Indians with German diplomat Adolf Georg Otto "Ago" von Maltzan (1877-1927). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Motorcycle races, Benning, Md. Labor Day, 1916

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Auto races, Benning, Md., [i.e., Washington, D.C.], c. 1916

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Bennings races, [Washington, D.C.], May 30, 1917

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Motorcycle races, Benning, Md., [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1917

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J.W. Johnson's Old Reliable Virginia Minstrels fifteen successful year...

"You will laugh till you cry ... See Mickey & Dickey 'There different.'" At head of title: The show that is different coming soon! Created by "Erie Litho. & Printing Co., Erie, Pa." Forms part of: Minstrel po... More

Salvation Army doughnut race - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Motorcycle races, 9/5/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Edward S. Curtis - A Wailaki man, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Wailaki man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. J268407 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 4023. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Cur... More

[Automobiles on race track] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Laurel Race, 7/11/25 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Lined up for start of 250 mile race, [10/26/25]

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The Palestine Electric Corporation Power Plant. Otherwise known as Rut...

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[Race between Lincoln Beechey in airplane and Barney Oldfield in autom...

J157056 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Racing; Airplanes 1912; Automobiles 1912; BI; Transportation 1912; Shelf. Sources checked: Beech... More

The Winnah. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. The first dead heat in a Congre...

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Inter-District physical training competition, etc. at Arab College, Je...

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P.W. Litchfield trophy, National Balloon Race. Close-up view of P.W. L...

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El-Kuntilla. Rest House. Racing camels in foreground

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Sailboat races get under way on Potomac. Washington, D.C., Sept. 18. A...

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Great Depression: A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Farm S...

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A group of men riding on the backs of horses. Ohio during Great Depres...

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Great Depression: A black and white photo of a race track. Farm Securi...

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Hialeah Park, Fla., the world's greatest race course, Miami Jockey Clu...

J 23365 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Wm. J. Fallon; January 17, 1938. Copyright claimant's address: 1267 N.W. 2nd St., Miami, Fla.

Watching horse race, Lancaster, Ohio, 1938

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A crowd of people standing around a horse race track, Florida. Farm Se...

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A group of people standing on top of a snow covered slope, New Hamshir...

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Spectators at childrens' races, Labor Day celebration, Ridgway, Colora...

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Sulky or harness races. Horse show, Shelby County fair. Shelbyville, K...

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Race meeting (horse & camel). Beersheba. H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) t...

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Race meeting (horse & camel). Beersheba. Crowds around the grand stand...

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Office of the sulky racing committee at the Rutland Fair, Rutland, Ver...

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Virginia: A black and white photo of a man signing a document, Great D...

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At the sulky races at the Rutland Fair, Vermont

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The sulky races at the Rutland Fair, Vermont

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Spectators at the Point-to-Point Cup race of the Maryland Hunt Club. W...

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A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a car. Office of...

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A black and white photo of a crowd of people watching a race. Great De...

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A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Informatio...

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Detective examines burned out police car on Herkimer St. and Nostrand ...

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Talladega Superspeedway Race, Talladega, Alabama

Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex that opened in 1969. The track hosts the NASCAR series. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegge... More

The Talladega Superspeedway Race, Talladega, Alabama

Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex that opened in 1969. The track hosts the NASCAR series. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegge... More